Marriage Law Project
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The Marriage Law Project (MLP) is a public interest
legal aid
organization founded in 1996. It aims "to reaffirm marriage as the union of one man and one woman." Its offices are located in the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C.
Its founder, David Orgon Coolidge
, is Senior Fellow at the Columbus School of Law
Ethics and Public Policy Center and a Research Fellow in the Columbus School of Law Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion. William C. Duncan
, J.D. is Assistant Director of the Marriage Law Project.
The Marriage Law Project monitors the progress of state and federal legislation regarding marriage and same-sex unions. It provides information regarding headline news, current legislative progress, various arguments against same-sex marriage, case and statute law, news reports, and links to other resources. The Marriage Law Project is a frequent contributor as a spokesperson in the cultural homosexuality debates, especially from a Roman Catholic point of view. MLP participated in filing the injunction against San Francisco when that city's clerk decided to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Law School co-hosted a symposium September 2006 entitled "“What’s the Harm?”—How Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Society, Families, Adults, Children and Marriage" http://www.law2.byu.edu/Organizations/Marriage_Family/Sept/Program.pdf http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06092110.html.
Another joint symposium between these schools was held February 1–3, 2001 and was entitled "The ALI Family Dissolution Principles: Blueprint to Strengthen or to Deconstruct Families?" http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3736/is_200101/ai_n8938147
Public interest
The public interest refers to the "common well-being" or "general welfare." The public interest is central to policy debates, politics, democracy and the nature of government itself...
legal aid
Legal aid
Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and the right to a fair trial.A number of...
organization founded in 1996. It aims "to reaffirm marriage as the union of one man and one woman." Its offices are located in the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Its founder, David Orgon Coolidge
David Orgon Coolidge
David Orgon Collidge was the founder of The Marriage Law Project and was an editor, along with Lynn D. Wardle and Alan J. Hawkins, of the book Revitalizing Marriage in the Twenty-First Century: An Agenda for Strengthening Marriage....
, is Senior Fellow at the Columbus School of Law
Columbus School of Law
The Columbus School of Law, also known as CUA Law, is the law school of The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C..Over 900 Juris Doctor students attend CUA Law. Incoming classes are typically composed of two to three hundred students, including day and night programs. Around 3,500...
Ethics and Public Policy Center and a Research Fellow in the Columbus School of Law Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion. William C. Duncan
William C. Duncan
William Chamberlain Duncan was a brewer, politician, and mayor of Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:William C. Duncan was born in Lyons, New York on May 18, 1820. The family moved to Rochester, New York in 1825, and in 1841 Duncan began working as a steward on the passenger steamers crossing the Great...
, J.D. is Assistant Director of the Marriage Law Project.
The Marriage Law Project monitors the progress of state and federal legislation regarding marriage and same-sex unions. It provides information regarding headline news, current legislative progress, various arguments against same-sex marriage, case and statute law, news reports, and links to other resources. The Marriage Law Project is a frequent contributor as a spokesperson in the cultural homosexuality debates, especially from a Roman Catholic point of view. MLP participated in filing the injunction against San Francisco when that city's clerk decided to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Symposia
MLP and the Marriage and Family Law Project at Brigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
Law School co-hosted a symposium September 2006 entitled "“What’s the Harm?”—How Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Society, Families, Adults, Children and Marriage" http://www.law2.byu.edu/Organizations/Marriage_Family/Sept/Program.pdf http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06092110.html.
Another joint symposium between these schools was held February 1–3, 2001 and was entitled "The ALI Family Dissolution Principles: Blueprint to Strengthen or to Deconstruct Families?" http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3736/is_200101/ai_n8938147
Publications
- "No Basis: What the Studies Don't Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting" by Robert Lerner, Ph.D. and Althea Nagai, PhD. (2001) http://www.narth.com/docs/lernernagai.html